The sort of infuriating thing is that Time Warner Cable, now part of Charter, as recently as a few years ago applied broadly the same leverage to LA sports fans

The sort of infuriating thing is that Time Warner Cable, now part of Charter, as recently as a few years ago applied broadly the same leverage to LA sports fans. They bought the local rights to the Dodgers and Lakers in 2013, and charged high enough fees on the networks carrying those games that TWC / Spectrum was the only carrier of consequence. So, if one wanted to watch the Dodgers (and to a less extent the Lakers), TWC / Spectrum was the basically the only option for TV. This situation prevailed until 2020 (!) or so. And now they’re “indifferent” to the video business?